August 12, 2008I posted this a couple of weeks ago, but the video disappeared quickly. Looks like it is back now though. Go here, and choose “Dan Sheridan Archives.” It is listed with the date of 8/5/2008.
It is a very good webcast, and a mirror of a live seminar he taught earlier this year. Covers adjustments, and […]
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April 30, 2008On the CBOE website a very interesting webcast popped up, “Options Strategy Series Part II: Butterfly Spreads featuring Steve Papale” by Steve Papale. (You can find it at the OIC website, click “Guest/Faculty Archives.” It covers butterflies, including something I never thought about - because of the volatility skew, butterflies on indexes and equities actually always […]
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March 23, 2008From his latest educational webcast - http://oiwebcasts.cboe.com/portal/v_g.asp?G=6# (click on Dan Sheridan Archives).
30-35 days to expiration
Use ATM Strike
Use when implied volatility is in the lower third of IV range for the past year for the underlying
Max Loss 25% - Take profits at 20%
When underlying is at expiration breakeven, move half of spread to breakeven strike. If it […]
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March 18, 2008This is from a slide from his latest webcast on the OIC site. From http://www.cboe.com/learncenter/webcast/accordent.aspx , click “Dan Sheridan Archives”, then “Dan Sheridan’s Trading Credit Spreads & Condors in a Volatile Market” to view the webcast.
39 days (or so) from expiration
Short strikes around a 10 delta
Profit target is 75% to 80% of Cash Flow (ie, your […]
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August 2, 2007I don’t use Think or Swim, but I know I should probably check it out
Here is a video I found with a demo - quite good, and clearly the platform is designed for options traders. It is very, very nice, with hints, trade analysis, simulations, risk profiles and much more so you know […]
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